Fail build is fail. Screw up at work.

[tatteredpotato]

I learned my lesson about bending pins with that at a young age... Haven't had a problem since. Always been somewhat paranoid about CPUs too, so I've been careful.

I'm guessing the OP might have been able to figure it out if he had installed the CPU himself.

 

[gorcorps]

Are we going to have to hear these boring ass stories from your job every fucking day now?

 

[skace]

People often rush into quoting hardware, I see it daily. It takes a lot more thinking and planning to properly purchase everything you need. I do it every day so I'm very accustomed to what I need to check before firing it off.

 

[Numenorean]

I'm guessing the OP might have been able to figure it out if he had installed the CPU himself.

Doubtful.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Just pay closer attention to everything being ordered ... that's what they're going to you guys for. Don't fuck it up again

 

[JTsyo]

Do you work at a store that sells hardware? Did you replace their cpu for free? Was the motherboard ok?

 

[AstroManLuca]

AMD sockets are a little confusing because they had AM2, AM2+, and AM3. And there are all these cross-compatibility considerations where you can use certain CPUs with certain motherboard socket types, but then you also have to take into account whether you have DDR2 or DDR3, and mobo compatibility lists... honestly, it's much safer just to stick to AM3 for everything. I can see how you screwed it up, though. Not the end of the world if you still have your job and you don't make the mistake again.

 

[Locut0s]

Do you work at a store that sells hardware? Did you replace their cpu for free? Was the motherboard ok?

Yeah NCIX, we deal almost exclusively in hardware and computer parts. We replaced the CPU with an AM3 version for the customer I think for free.

 

[Locut0s]

You're obviously NOT knowledgeable enough about computers.

Couple of sales people who work there know a fair amount less than I do.

 

[Locut0s]

Are we going to have to hear these boring ass stories from your job every fucking day now?

Must suck to HAVE to read every boring ass story you come upon. Free will is something we tend to take for granted but when you come upon someone who doesn't have it you realize how vital it is for personal happiness. Sorry to hear about your situation.

 

[Locut0s]

I'm guessing the OP might have been able to figure it out if he had installed the CPU himself.

Umm I certainly wouldn't have destroyed the CPU as I am VERY careful when assembling actual systems. However the mistake I made was choosing the wrong board to begin with so that would still have happened.

 

[lxskllr]

Must suck to HAVE to read every boring ass story you come upon. Free will is something we tend to take for granted but when you come upon someone who doesn't have it you realize how vital it is for personal happiness. Sorry to hear about your situation.

:^D

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Sounds like the guy's problem. Just cause he got the wrong CPU doesn't mean he should just force shit together. I don't deal with amd cpu's but I know with intel it's pretty simple to figure out if it fits or not. I'm sure amd is the same.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Sounds like the guy's problem. Just cause he got the wrong CPU doesn't mean he should just force shit together. I don't deal with amd cpu's but I know with intel it's pretty simple to figure out if it fits or not. I'm sure amd is the same.

He might be partly at fault but OP is also at fault for recommending an incompatible combo that resulted in the CPU being ruined.

There are AM3 processors that work in some AM2+ motherboards, though I'm not sure if there are any that work in AM2 mobos. That could be where the confusion came from.

If this was a user messing it up I'd say it's 100% the user's fault; if you want to DIY, you have to accept responsibility for doing it wrong. But it wasn't really the user's fault, at least not entirely.

 

[kami333]

Wish I could get a job doing stuff that I didn't really even have the basics down for. No seriously like someone hire me at a physics think tank or something; it'd be fun : ) That probably sounds harsher than I want it, but seriously getting the right socket is pretty much as basic as things get.

That's the nature of research--you don't know what in hell you're doing.
-Harold Edgarton

If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
-Albert Einstein

Just sayin

I've given up on trying to remember sockets (or anything CPU related for that matter), I just look them up now.

 

[TridenT]

Noob.

How did they even hire you?

 

[Wyndru]

That sucks. Reminds me of all the AGP card returns we used to get when they got plugged into the wrong voltage slots and burned.

 

[Numenorean]

Couple of sales people who work there know a fair amount less than I do.

So? This doesn't prove that you are knowledgeable enough about computers. It just means that they are even less knowledgeable than you.

 

[Locut0s]

Noob.

How did they even hire you?

I am indeed a little out of my depth in some areas but I got hired because I made a good impression on the manager that interviewed me. He asked me a lot of technical questions in fact and I answered them all well. I know because he said as much. Some things that I don't know very well at the moment are laptops some system builds like amd and printers though I know enough to sell these well enough too most of the time. I just google what I don't know at work anyway.

Btw how's it going my bitter child?

 

[Locut0s]

So? This doesn't prove that you are knowledgeable enough about computers. It just means that they are even less knowledgeable than you.

Meh perhaps. I know enough to usually help most customers though and I'm quickly learning any stuff that I'm weak on. I've met plenty of sales reps in computers that know a lot less.